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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 863455" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>When the factory A/C compressor failed in my minivan it was over $700 to replace it.</p><p></p><p>Retrofitting an <em>entire system </em>into a vehicle that never had it to begin with would be considerably more than that, and in some cases it could require the vehicles cooling system to be upgraded as well to handle the additional load. The extra hardware under the hood also increases the labor associated with routine maintainence. </p><p></p><p>Even if you could convince the company to spend the money, you arent realistically going to reduce the temperature inside of an open cab by a significant degree....unless you drove for long distances with the doors shut which sort of defeats the purpose of having a delivery vehicle that does 15 stops per hour. And trying to equip the package compartment with AC would pretty much require some heavy duty refrigeration equipment.</p><p></p><p> A more realistic demand would be for improved ventilation plus a reduction in our work hours on days that exceed 100 degrees.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 863455, member: 14668"] When the factory A/C compressor failed in my minivan it was over $700 to replace it. Retrofitting an [I]entire system [/I]into a vehicle that never had it to begin with would be considerably more than that, and in some cases it could require the vehicles cooling system to be upgraded as well to handle the additional load. The extra hardware under the hood also increases the labor associated with routine maintainence. Even if you could convince the company to spend the money, you arent realistically going to reduce the temperature inside of an open cab by a significant degree....unless you drove for long distances with the doors shut which sort of defeats the purpose of having a delivery vehicle that does 15 stops per hour. And trying to equip the package compartment with AC would pretty much require some heavy duty refrigeration equipment. A more realistic demand would be for improved ventilation plus a reduction in our work hours on days that exceed 100 degrees. [/QUOTE]
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